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In my life time I have gone to many different trade shows and events / gatherings...I though I would try a motorcycle gathering...Wingding this year....I must have missed something when I was there....It was boring
.... In fact I had more fun at the old classic car ralley, held at the hotel I stayed at.
Yes one could say it was neat to look at some of the art work on the different bikes and look thru some of the booths of vendors...but I must have missed the fun section...
I was expecting to be able to participate in several sponsored 2-3 hour rides thru the country side (Yes I know there is corn fields every where but I am sure there are a lot of great cool little towns to visit)...nothing (again maybe I missed it...if there were some GWRRA did a bad job at communicating to new riders where and when they started)....I thought they would have had gatherings (other than the parade on Friday Night) to meet new people....nothing to be found....
I was not looking for a drunk fest (I don't even drink) but some type of social event that involved riding and socializing would have been nice...I am thinking something like "go to these small towns and collect a clue"...like a poker run.
Oh well...anyone else go to Wingding...Did I just miss the boat here
I have to confess...I would never go back to another Wingding unless there was a significant modification....
On the bright side I ended up puting 2100 miles on the new bike....(rode from Milwaukee WI -> Des Moine IA (wing ding) -> Omaha NE -> Soiux City SD -> Fargo ND -> Rhilander WI -> back to Milwaukee this past weekend (Friday - Sunday)).....she's 5 weeks old and already has 3200 miles...move over 100,000 mile riders....
Ride safe...
Yes one could say it was neat to look at some of the art work on the different bikes and look thru some of the booths of vendors...but I must have missed the fun section...
I was expecting to be able to participate in several sponsored 2-3 hour rides thru the country side (Yes I know there is corn fields every where but I am sure there are a lot of great cool little towns to visit)...nothing (again maybe I missed it...if there were some GWRRA did a bad job at communicating to new riders where and when they started)....I thought they would have had gatherings (other than the parade on Friday Night) to meet new people....nothing to be found....
I was not looking for a drunk fest (I don't even drink) but some type of social event that involved riding and socializing would have been nice...I am thinking something like "go to these small towns and collect a clue"...like a poker run.
Oh well...anyone else go to Wingding...Did I just miss the boat here
I have to confess...I would never go back to another Wingding unless there was a significant modification....
On the bright side I ended up puting 2100 miles on the new bike....(rode from Milwaukee WI -> Des Moine IA (wing ding) -> Omaha NE -> Soiux City SD -> Fargo ND -> Rhilander WI -> back to Milwaukee this past weekend (Friday - Sunday)).....she's 5 weeks old and already has 3200 miles...move over 100,000 mile riders....
Ride safe...